DD is 22 months and sleep has always been an issue. She eventually slept through but only on occasion not consistently. However, in the last few months things have gone from bad to worse and she only sttn maybe once a fortnight. What we do get most nights regularly, is either multiple (2 -3) night wakings or long ones that last 2 -3 hours. Haven't got a clue what to do and any advice would be very much appreciated.
Her typical days goes like this:
7.30am / 8am - WU (try to get her up at 7.30am as otherwise get a late BT)
1pm - 2.30pm - Nap (always get her up at 2.30pm, so her naps last 1h 15m - 1hr 30m)
7.30pm - start BT routine. Usually she falls asleep around 9pm as it often takes her an hour or longer to fall asleep. Earlier BT doesn't help as she just takes even longer to fall asleep, or if she does fall asleep earlier then usual, we are certain to get a long NW.
She sleeps in our bedroom but in her cot bed. She falls asleep in her cot but we have to stay in the room, usually lying on our bed which is some distance away from her cot. When she wakes up at night, she screams until I get right next to her cot on the floor (I often lie down next to her cot and sleep there for part of the night). Every time I tried not to sit next to her, she would scream for hours. When she's having a long NW, nothing helps to get her to sleep until she's ready. During that time I either lay on the floor next to her cot or take her into our bed so at least I'm comfy. She does have her own bedroom but I'm worried about moving her there while her sleep is so bad as I don't want to be running between our bedrooms several times a night.
I'm stuck. Any suggestions please?
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22 months old - long night wakings
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englishbreakfast · 26/01/2013 14:04
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